Tuesday, February 22, 2011

U Pick

Moose on the Porch Quilts is hosting a fun quilt along using Layer Cakes and I got to play along as one of the designers. Too fun, right? Phew, yeh! First I had to decide which block I wanted to share, then make it in 12" (that's huge for me) plus make sure you could get all the pieces from a Layer Cake (a 10" square).

I had a blast! and came up with this ... the U Pick block.

Every one of these blocks is made using the exact same elements and the fabrics in the same position ... I just shuffled the 9 units around to get the different options.

So, if you're wondering what layout I chose to sew my units into .. here it is!

I took a pic of the back for you too so you can see the pressing instructions in action.

And a close up of the points .. this is why I recommend not pressing the half-square triangle units until you've decided which layout to use.

Absolutely wonderful...great color choice. I couldn't agree more about the pressing. Waiting to see the placement of an element of a block before you press can help with the proper matching of points and keeping it all nice and crisp.

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i'm a washington (state! vs DC) girl married to a tall german living in belgium. i own a little quilt shop and love to teach and design ... i'm always busy - getting inspired, making things, cooking, baking, quilting, gardening.